With this blog I will focus on intentional thoughtful small tasks that you can do to improve your individual performance. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” – Aristotle

Instead we argue that the differences between expert
performers and normal adults reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to
improve performance in a specific domain.

Below is what I added about deliberate practice, under the
Practice (Leaning Method) page:

In addition, Malcolm Gladwell’s point-of-view about deliberate
practice is different than Ericsson’s view.
Gladwell, staff writer at New York
Magazine and author of five books on The
New York Times Best Seller list including Outliers: The Story of Success
said in a May 2016 Freakonomics
podcast interview that, “He’s [Ericsson] a hard practice guy, and I’m a soft
practice guy.” Gladwell says that talent is important with intentional
dedication to practice and having a support system is vital to produce superior
outcomes. It not all about methodical effort as Ericsson claims.

I decided
to go back to the Wikipedia entry to see if it has been added to, deleted or
revised. To my surprise my entry is exactly how I wrote – no changes.

When I originally
added to the Wikipedia page I thought how easy it is for someone to modify an entry.
At that time, I didn’t know the public could so easily modify entries. Obviously
there are advantages and disadvantages to this feature to the Wikipedia
platform and business model but it has taught me that entries can easily be
manipulated to serve a commentators' point-of-view.My takeaway
from using Wikipedia as a reliable reference resource is to be careful.
Wikipedia is free and easy to access but beware that free – in this case – does
not necessarily mean accurate.